Emerson High School - Emersonian Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY , ,G-1'-3 WAS the night of Commencement and all through the school Not a senior was idle, not e'en the class fool, For each heart was hard beating the sight to behold Of the magical glass of the Wizard so old. He had come from afar o'er mountain and dell To our great class of '20, our fortunes to tell. And now, bent and gnarled, and with wand in his hand, His Visage all wrinkled, but stern, sage, and grand, He stood by his wonderful crystal so clear, While all gathered 'round him the future to hear. My children of Emerson -the silence he broke- List carefully now to the words which are spoke: Neither whisper nor laugh, lest the Spirit you scare, With one sweep of this wand you'll breathe Fate's magic air. And waving and murm'ring o'er our wondering band He brought us to '19 and '30's dim land. sg: :11 The United States court room I see, said the seer, Judge Judson presides, whose name strikes great fear To the hearts of all criminals whose judgment is near. Who is it now enters with step sure and swift? Ah! 'tis Senator Wilson, who has the great gift To move strong men to tears and women to fright When he speaks on the great Prohibition iight. He opposes the Anti-Tobacco League Bill, And now is in court to sway men to his will. But his case was nigh lost e'er to court Wilson went, For the judge upon passage of that bill is bent. Ed puts up a good iight Calthough wasting his breathj And clinches his argument by, 'Liberty or deathl' Now in the crystal, foreign scenes I behold- Arnold Lieberman Russia's whole future will mould. In out-speaking any man in all tongues he excels, And, becoming excited, ofttimes he loud yells That he'll make out of Russia a second great Rome, While his wife, Floret Ohrenstein, brightens his home On a scene of excitement his eyes next he bent, And he told us 'twas Dunleavy, first president Of the Irish Republic! We had long known at school How he stood pat and firm for the Irish Home Rule His brilliant career was marked out by his wife, Who leads him and Ireland in all social life. He'd been captured at last by the coquettish way Of his old senior classmate, Miss C., I say! I foresee in the crystal a war will progress Against foes who our whole western coast do oppress, But out of the fray a great leader doth rise Whose ambitions do carry him up to the skies. 'Tis Ed Smith, who the world's fiying record does make When he circles earth thrice and twice Mars, by mistake Then, perceiving the foe, he comes down like a streak Twenty-six

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And annihilates all within less than a week! But during the months of the war that had passed Kate Witwer's rich voice even Melba's surpassed, And the soldiers in cantonment often did boast That her voice inspired courage to kill the dread host. In these stirring times still another star shone: B. Wilson, who played in the comedy J ones. In surgical work does Doc Stimson perform The most marvelous deeds upon all the forlorng 'Tis his greatest accomplishment, to my belief, To make a man from one leg and a false set of teeth. His ablest assistant's Miss Hammond, I vow, And happy are they in life partnership now. In quieter scenes now the crystal portrays Professor Greenwald, installed for the rest of her days Teaching English to freshmen at Emerson UU . Miss Ellen Strom's fame as a poetess grew When, after her Love of ct Village M alcl-deep She published a classical treatise on Sleep. Helen Jones pounding out notes of L' H eureuse M oment For one of her pupils is quite content. Glenn Rearick, the author of edifying works- Why Is Love? Heart cmd Soul, cmd Where Pclrclclise Lurlcs Firmly asseverates that each poem and all Isinspired by his wife Crlee Marjorie Halll. Mr. Rearick's M emoirs of Cl Lonesome War 'Vet' Is published each month in Bill Phillips' Gazette, The most flourishing newspaper Gary e'er knew, Which put Hearst out of business and the Gary Post, too. His wife, Enid Holmes, with her gay parties fills The society column- the expense is poor Bill's. A rural celebrity I now come across- 'Tis Faye Holmes, who is tilling the rich soil of Ross. She says that her country life, scms care or harm, Rivals Emerson's experiment out on Brook Farm. Not alone does she till, for Miss Winter stayed Faithful, as ever, and to Faye lends great aid. Miss Havens, most eminent Chemistry prize, Is a magical worker in human disguise. For as soon as they're published the whole world will know Her remarkable discoveries about H2O. Rolland Roley, the world-famed 'Steel City King', Employs in his office the most speedy ring Of expert stenographers from Emerson's store: Madge Fogler, Dot Davis, and Genevieve Gaynor. On a great financier I now turn my gaze- Roswell Johnson, who will spend the rest of his days In a big limousine at the head of parades- He can afford to-gasoline was his 'trade'. His beneficent hand is the mainstay and pillar Of the library and Johnson museum in Miller. Where Miss Brink, incidentally, holds entire sway Of great volumes and Curios of prehistoric day. In a large opera house in the same growing town Ethel Larson, Galli Curci's sole rival, renown'd. Who, in singing the star role of Friedman's Wood Elf, Captivated the heart of great 'Morrie' himself! Gilbert Greenburg by his new educational plan Has aroused world-wide interest and demand For the 'common-sense' system, intellectual and big- Twenty-seven